Thursday, June 26, 2014

New Soil Quality Standards for the 1st Quarter 2014

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Soil Quality (Pedology) are now available:


  • ASTM C1387, 2014 Edition, Standard Guide for the Determination of Technetium-99 in Soil
  • ASTM D4972, 2013 Edition, Standard Test Method for pH of Soils
  • ASTM D5435, 2013 Edition, Standard Test Method for Diagnostic Soil Test for Plant Growth and Food Chain Protection
  • ASTM D5779, 2014 Edition, Standard Test Method for Field Determination of Apparent Specific Gravity of Rock and Manmade Materials for Erosion Control
  • ASTM D5873, 2014 Edition, Standard Test Method for Determination of Rock Hardness by Rebound Hammer Method
  • ASTM D6282, Withdrawn, Standard Guide for Direct Push Soil Sampling for Environmental Site Characterizations
  • ASTM D6572, 2013 Edition with Editorial Correction, Standard Test Methods for Determining Dispersive Characteristics of Clayey Soils by the Crumb Test
  • ASTM D7363, 2013a Edition, Standard Test Method for Determination of Parent and Alkyl Polycyclic Aromatics in Sediment Pore Water Using Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Selected Ion Monitoring Mode
  • BS EN ISO 15009, 2013 Edition with Corrigendum 1, Soil quality. Gas chromatographic determination of the content of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and volatile halogenated hydrocarbons. Purge-and-trap method with thermal desorption
  • BS EN ISO 16387, 2014 Edition, Soil quality. Effects of contaminants on Enchytraeidae (Enchytraeus sp.). Determination of effects on reproduction
  • DIN EN ISO 14688-1, 2013 Edition, Geotechnical investigation and testing - Identification and classification of soil - Part 1: Identification and description (ISO 14688-1:2002 + Amd 1:2013)
  • DIN EN ISO 14688-2, 2013 Edition, Geotechnical investigation and testing - Identification and classification of soil - Part 2: Principles for a classification (ISO 14688-2:2004 + Amd 1:2013)
  • ISO 11267, 2nd Edition, Soil quality - Inhibition of reproduction of Collembola (Folsomia candida) by soil contaminants
  • ISO 13859, 1st Edition, Soil quality - Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by gas chromatography (GC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
  • ISO 13913, 1st Edition, Soil quality - Determination of selected phthalates using capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC/MS)
  • ISO 16387, 2nd Edition, Soil quality - Effects of contaminants on Enchytraeidae (Enchytraeus sp.) - Determination of effects on reproduction
  • ISO 18227, 1st Edition, Soil quality - Determination of elemental composition by X-ray fluorescence


To see similar standards, please visit our Document Center List of Standards on Soil Quality - Pedology.  Just follow the links to the lists for each sub-category.